SO MUCH!

It has been ages since I have posted a blog and SO MUCH has happened! It is amazing to me that when God opens a door, He doesn't expect you to just mozey on through it. He PUSHES you through it!

I had been actively looking for a new job for 2 years and kept getting dissapointed. There were many times that I would look up to the Heavens and ask, "What do you want from me?" I knew I couldn't continue to compromise my good morals with the company I was with and I knew God wouldn't want me to, either. However, He wasn't opening any doors. I would think He was opening a door, but then would close it at the last minute. Then, I got a call from a company that wanted me to be more than a Property Manager. They wanted me to be an Area Manager with 10 properties! I had a really hard time deciding if I wanted to take the job. It would mean a lot more travelling and I may have had to relocate to Kansas City. Andy and I discussed it and decided that losing time with each other wouldn't be worth the promotion. But God wanted me to take the job. My new company offered me to work from home and stay in Wichita. They set me up with a home office and most of my properties are within an hour or two from my home, which means I would be home at night. They even give me a rental car to drive to my properties so I am not putting a ton of mileage on my car. We both saw that God was making it work for us and that we had to take it.

But then, we had another decision to make. We had to move... and quickly! We have lived at the Property I managed for the last 5 years. We knew it wouldn't be big enough for me to run a home office and for us to live comfortably. We also just simply didn't want to be in an apartment anymore. We contemplated renting, but as we started looking into rentals, we realized that they were SOOOO expensive. So, we started looking into buying. The realtor that we had picked to show us around a few places sent me an email one day that said, "I have to show you this house!" It was not one that Andy or I had seen on-line, so we decided to check it out. As we were walking through the house, we both looked at each other like, "Yep, this is the one!" We decided to make an offer. There was a little bit of back and forth, but on July 9, my last day of work with Dermot, they accepted our offer!

God has completely shown His handy work with this house, as well. We are getting an FHA loan because it is our first house, and there are a lot of inspections and requirements with FHA. They did the appraisal and didn't find a single thing wrong with the house (which is amazing if you know anything about FHA)! They also told us that we already have a ton of equity in the house AND we are getting the loan with a 4.25% interest rate! If you knew me just 5 or 6 years ago, you would know that I have worked very hard on getting my finances in order. We also found out, after doing some on-line research, that the homeowners go to our church! We met them a few weekends ago and found out that they also have a boxer! I am sure that God was looking down from Heaven thinking, "Look, they are about to figure out that I have set this whole thing up!" The only hiccup we have had is that the underwriters for the loan want me to be in my job for 30 days before we can close on the house. That means we are closing a week and a half after what we originally wanted. But really, if that is the only "negative", I am very happy!

So, in the last 30 days, I have started a new job and have started to pack to move into our new house. We get to close next Friday (which is Friday the 13th)! I will be sure to post pics of our house once we get in and a little settled.

God has really provided for us exactly when we needed it!

"Thank you, God, for providing these amazing things for us and thank you for providing everything else we have! I feel so fortunate and blessed for everything we have and I know you will continue to provide wonderful things for us in the future! I love you!! Thank you!!"

HAVE A WONDERFUL WEEKEND!